Archives Then & Now

For the past five years led largely by Charlie Laurent’s 4th and 5th grade classes, we have been collecting and documenting archives of this land, of the Hopelands estate, and of Rocky Hill Country Day School. What’s been remarkable, beyond what the students have discovered through their research, is the amount of archival material that has come to us by way of our Alumni and extended Rocky Hill community.

For example, an alumnus from the 1950s recently passed away and his wife sent postcards and Rocky Hill PTL cookbooks that she found in his things. And an East Greenwich woman, whose family saves everything, attended camp here in the 1960s and gave us a camp t-shirt from that time, Christmas cards sent by Nathan Hale, and other treasures. We love this, and carefully catalog it all. Our plan is to create archival displays in the halls of Hopelands so all can view our rich history.

At Rocky Hill Country Day, we are rooted in our tradition but not bound by it; we keep one foot in our rich past with the other striding forward into our future.

Help us to keep hold of our treasures and traditions by sending in any artifacts you would like to add to our collection!